Automatic machine for the condition of cigarettes into packets

ABSTRACT

An automatic cigarette packaging machine having a plurality of pairs of translator members, having opposed parallel surfaces disposed in parallel with axially aligned batches of cigarettes, for successively holding and supporting the batches of cigarettes during packaging maneuvers, and for moving the cigarettes through the machine in directions perpendicular to their axes.

United States Patent Inventor Ariosto Serngnoli Via della Rose 50,Bologna, Italy Appl. No. 721,525 Filed Apr. 15,1968 Patented Dec.21,1971 Priority Apr. 20, 1967 Italy 1621A/67 AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR THECONDITION OF CIGARETTES INTO PACKETS 2 Claims, 24 Drawing Figs.

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Int. Cl B6Sb 11/42 Field of Search 53/228-234 [5 6] ReierencesCitedUNlTED STATES PATENTS 1,572,257 2/1926 Van Buren 53/234 X 2,744,3705/1956 Seragnoli 53/228 2,911,777 11/1959 Pepitone 53/228 1,946,6972/1934 Johnson et al 53/234 2,131,428 9/1938 Dalkowitz 53/234 PrimaryExaminer-Theron E. Condon Assistant Examiner-Neil AbramsAttorneys-Robert E. Burns and Emmanuel .l. Lobato ABSTRACT: An automaticcigarette packaging machine having a plurality of pairs of translatormembers, having opposed parallel surfaces disposed in parallel withaxially aligned batches of cigarettes, for successively holding andsupporting the batches of cigarettes during packaging maneuvers, and formoving the cigarettes through the machine in directions perpendicular totheir axes.

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1. An automatic machine for packaging cigarettes into packets, includingmembers for arranging cigarettes in successive batches wherein they aresuperposed in parallel and aligned side by side, said machinecomprising, a plurality of pairs of translator members for supportingbatches of cigarettes and cigarette package wrapping paper for movementwith said machine, each said pair of members defining a pair of opposed,spaced, parallel surfaces aligned with the longitudinal axes ofcigarettes in a batch of cigarettes held therebetween, means for movingsaid pairs of translator members perpendicularly to said axes, aplurality of pairs of rotatable support plates, each said pair ofsupport plates defining a pair of opposed, spaced parallel surfacesaligned perpendicular to the axes of cigarettes of a batch therebetweenand positionable within said machine to receive and hold a batch ofcigarettes therebetween from one of said pairs of translator members,means for respectively moving each pair of support plates rotationallytogether about an axis of rotation normal to said support plates,paper-wrapping means including a plurality of first and second foldingmembers, one pair of first folding members and one second folding memberfor each pair of support plates, each said pair of first folding membersbeing disposed in parallel to receive a corresponding pair of saidtranslator members therebetween and to engage the wrapping paper andfold the wrapping paper over portions of the ends of the batch ofcigarettes moved with said translator members, and each second foldingmember being disposed adjacent a corresponding pair of said rotatablesupport plates to fold the wrapping paper over sides of the batch ofcigarettes, parallel to the axes of the cigarettes when said cigarettesare held by said parallel plates.
 2. The invention as set forth in claim1, including means comprising a first and a second packaging stationwithin said machine and each including a pair of said first foldingmembers, and a third packaging station having only one of said firstfolding members; and each of said packaging stations having a pair ofsaid translator members for moving a batch of cigarettes and a wrappingpaper past said first folding members, a pair of said rotatable supportplates for receiving therebetween a batch of cigarettes from the saidpair of said translator members, and a second folding member adjacentthe said pair of rotatable support plates, and wherein said first andsecond stations comprise means for folding an inner wrapping about saidbatch of cigarettes, and said third wrapping station comprises means forfolding an outer wrapping about said batch of cigarettes.